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thousand and used it for your living expenses for a few years and put another
hundred thousand into investments that generated you a monthly income.
And finally put fifty thousand into a bank account. By my account Regina’s
father said you could do all that with five hundred thousand dollars. Now, that
is half of what you said you would need. Vance, remember in business it all
comes down to needs and wants, needs in business are deal breakers. You
have them to make the deal beneficial to you; wants you can work around,
they are not deal breakers. Your wants can and do change all the time
Regina’s father said as he just sat back and smiled. Vance knew this to be
true he had read all about meeting one’s wants and needs in The Skilled
Helper, one of the books he had gotten out his mother nightstand after she
passed.

But, what stood out most to Vance were other pieces in the conversation
he had with Regina’s father about his pedigree, the history of his life. Her
father was from New York, Harlem to be exact, he loved horseracing and he
was an army veteran. All of sudden Vance noticed Regina looking at him.
Vance, how did it go with my father Regina asked? Better than expected
Vance replied, your dad is coming around, he seem to be an interesting cat
Vance said. Does that mean that my dad is cool? Yeah, Vance said. He really
is cool for a cat that I thought was uptight. What made you decide after all this
time that my dad was cool? Well, Vance said one thing is his approach to
business; it was like I was talking to one of my old college professors in my
business classes. He seemed so laid back now since he retired. Regina had
notice the change in her father as well. Then Vance said I did not know that
your father liked horseracing. I did not know that, Regina said. Wow! She said
jokingly, he is cool if he likes horseracing. No Vance said, he’s cool because